Well, our welcome to the second half of the baseball season didn't go so well. Let's try this again.
The Twins get a rough draw to open up the second half, facing the devastating Astros, the always dangerous Yankees, and the team with the actual best record in baseball (the Dodgers) in rapid succession. If we're still even talking about wild cards and playoffs after July 26th, then either this stretch of games will have been a huge success, or Cleveland's will have been an unmitigated disaster.
Tonight, the Twins send All Star Ervin Santana out against Joe Musgrave. Santana had a solid start the last time he faced Houston, but then again, his ERA since that start has been 5.19, so who knows? The Twins are going to need a good start from him.
Oops, didn't notice that this image was used last night.
Buxton to the DL with a sore groin. Mauer back from the DL, and in the lineup tonight.
On the plus side, it gives Zack Granite ten days to show what he can do.
[Like] (especially if he can do what we believe he can do)
It's a sore groin so HOPEFULLY it will only be ten days
As long as it's so he can play left field in 10 days, then I'm fine with that.
On the board! Hope it works better tonight than it did last night.
Still ahead after one inning! Only eight to go!
Rosario airmails a cutoff man. Uh... Best not drink.
And we can't use Granite as a threat
...yet
Exactly 😉
Solo home run by Dozier to lead off the game? I already saw how that ends yesterday.
BB > K is not a strategy for success against the 'stros
Oh, ye of little faith.
I didn't say it couldn't work, it's just not a strategy for success
Still tied after two innings!
*exhale*
Fill the bases to get Springer out?? Crazy like a fox!
If I'd rooted for Houston when Castro was there, I'd have constantly been calling him "Castro the Astro".
I'm getting really tired of getting beaten up by a team named after the Jetsons' dog.
this story only ends one way
doesn't even deserve all caps
I haven't had the opportunity to complain about the stoopid MLB blackout rules yet this season. I'd forgotten that I'm in both the rangers and Houston market because NOLA's such a baseball town. Get off my lawn.
Well, they keep telling us that players like Granite need to hit the ball on the ground...
J.D Martinez would disagree.
Eta: salty language contained within that article
Max Kepler says that J.D. is full of turds....
Thanks for the link as that was an excellent read.
Thank goodness for overeager pitchers.
Solid like a rock.which relief fodder gets tossed out the next 3 innings?
On the grill tonight: Corn and Fregola salad and Kibbeh.
and I'm chasing it down with several adjective animals.
finishing the evening with a bomber of this.
Mildly interesting. Initial hit of blackberry aroma, but the rest of it is kind of a middle-of-the-road double IPA. Not too hoppy, not sweet. Slight bitter edge on the finish.
I'm generally not into the double, triple, X4 ipas as I've found that the over sugar'd flavor profile is in front of the bitterness provided by the hops, but the adjective animal is pretty awesome. I'll also wake up with a head ache...
Happy birthday, by the way.
much appreciated, Printer.
Yea, I'm sliding away from hopheadedness and the double/triple/XX thing in my advancing age. Although I did very much enjoy a Pliny the Elder a few weeks ago....
solid wiggling there
tuning it late here. Another day off for Buxton?
Ok, I caught up with the thread and saw the ten-day for Buxton.
Sombrero for Mauer tonight. Maybe he needed another day on the DL.
can of corn (not Can of Corn).
Tyler out the next inning... well I'll be
I'm really digging the radio crew. When Sano snagged that rocket in the 4th(?) the description went something to the effect of "and Sano climbs a stepladder and catches a true Sano cone". Yeah, so much better than it has been.
You mean Atteberry instead of Dazzle, or the radio crew vs. the TV crew?
It's been so long since I listened to the radio feed that I can't really speak to how Dizz does these days, but Provus is a delight to listen to. I haven't actually heard a game this season called by the TV crew that featured Bert.
Dazzle is much improved with Provus, and though they're not without their faults, I know we could do a whole lot worse.
w00t!